The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-27
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
IDEAS And CRITICISMS or CHRIST
MAS Di y.
A Law for vail Matter-Judge Waxem on
Kris KingIe-The Dead seoretary-secret
S~essions-The Big strike King of the
Sandwich Islands.

House by Representative Blount oil 6eOr-
gia. which materially mobiles existing
laws respecting permissible writing and
printing upon wrappers OF second, thlrd,
and fourth class mail matter. The bill
permits the words sample copies and
- marked copies" 10 bc printed upon
wrappers of secOnd-class matter, and in
addition TO the original point contained
therein the written correction OF typo
crqphical errors. The bill allows print
ing, mo- in the nature of correspondence,
10 be placed upon the wrappers OF third
class matter, provided a prescribed space
be left for the address. II also allows
the same advertisements and other mat
ter 10 be printed, the wrappers Of fourth
class matter as is permitted, to be in
closed with the contents Of package
Washington Critic.
"Yes, honey, bless your dear little
heart, thar is" said the Jedge, frownlng
on The boy. Thar is some folks that
wants you to believe thar amt, but don't
vou do il tell you git old enough to see
fer yourself. Purity nigh two thousan
yer ago Kris kingle hung his lantern IN
the deep blue sky above the plains OF
Palestine. and fer the fust time he come
down among men and brought G. ristmas
gins TO a little baby lyin' cuddled up in
the mango straw of "A stable in Beihle-
hem. When that baby growed up lie
loved little Children, and ever sence that
fust picht i'm that fer of country, Kris
Kingle comes every Christmas Eve, drl-
vim his reindeers over the snow, and,
poppin' down the chimbly, he leaves all
The little stockin's hangin' on the mantel-
piece stuffed full Of goodies. huge
W1rem.
Mr.. Daniel Manning was among the
most prominent OF the younger men
whom Governor Tilden drew about him,
and who commended themselves TO him
bv their natural and laudajle devotion to
politics, their apt knowledge OF men and
affairs. and their stcadfast belief in the
truth and practicability of the principles
Of the Democratic party, and his career
amply justified the confidence in his tact
and ability which that acute judge OF
men repOsed in him.
The Federal Treasury had long been
declared by Republicans to be way be-
yOnd the reach of any Democrat. so
long as they controlled the Executive De
partment they asserted as the chief rea-
son why they should be continued IN
power. that the Democratic party knew
nothing Of finance, and that no Democrat
was worthy or capable of holding the re-
sponsible position Of Secretary Of the
Treasury Wash. Post.
The only responsibility that Senators
pretend now exists is eyaded by secret
sessions. 1t is not too much 10 say that
those sessions are maintained expressly
to evade this responsibility. Nor can II
be held that there is party responsibility
How can there be- Frequently, as at
present, the Senate is Of another party
than the Executive. The Republicans
cannot be held to party accountability
for the civil service. They do not &C
knowledge n obligation for it. They
expressly disclaim it. They frequently
act as if they were trying 10 make II as
bad as possible, and then charge II to the
President. Some Of the worst appoint
ments under This Administration have
been confirmed after exposure OF their IN
worthy character, and the Republican
organs. TEEN with bitter criticism Of the
President for having made them. 1t l.
known now that the President desires
absolute publicity in the discussion OF
his nominations.-N. Y. Times.
The trouble between the Reading rail
road and its great army OF employees Is
one of no ordinary magnitude and may
be very fan. reaching in its effects. The
order of the employees assembly for a
general strike involves not only the
crews Of all except passenger trains on
the Reading railroad and all its branches,
but may yet include everybody in the
service of the company. including miners
and coal-handlers. This, however, is de
MED in to.day's dispatches.
The total number Of men who may yet
be forced to quit work, pending the set
Element Of the differences at Port Eliza
beth and Port Richmond, is estimated at
60, 900. Unless one side or the other gives
way within forty-eight hours all of the
mines worked by this greatest of mining
corporations in the anthracite region
may have 10 close; the many thousand
tons Of coal on the way from the mines
to tidewater are already on sidings N
\. WOrid
The news from the Sandwich Islands
is not assuring. There are rumors Of
another revolution, the King standing
upon his constitutional rights and an
swering legislation with yetoes. The
danger is a conflict of races-or, rather.
of the natives with the alien residents,
who virtually control the resources of the
islands
From Samoa we learn that the Ger
mans are slowly, surely, in their accus-
toned, patient way, taking possession OF
the islands. This is what we have tx
pected. The Washington Government
seems to have abandoned any ideas as to
American interests in the Pacific, if ii
ever had any, which does not appear.
Nor do we observe any public opinion
disposed to enforce these rights.-N. T.
Ucrald.
Here, for example, is our esteemed con-
temporary, the Philadelphia Press, M of
the most loyal and best Informed of the
PIaine organs declaring that %" Mr.